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Review
. 2019 Mar 9;23(1):80.
doi: 10.1186/s13054-019-2372-2.

Heterogeneity in sepsis: new biological evidence with clinical applications

Aleksandra Leligdowicz  1   2 , Michael A Matthay  3   4   5
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Review

Heterogeneity in sepsis: new biological evidence with clinical applications

Aleksandra Leligdowicz et al. Crit Care. .

Abstract

This article is one of ten reviews selected from the Annual Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine 2019. Other selected articles can be found online at https://www.biomedcentral.com/collections/annualupdate2019 . Further information about the Annual Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine is available from http://www.springer.com/series/8901 .

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Heterogeneity in critically ill patients with severe infection
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Clustering into pathobiology-driven endotypes
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